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11/22/2018, 07:39 AM | #1 |
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Clear white jelly floating in sump, what is this stuff?
This morning I go to do some water tests and I notice that the return pump section of the sump looks hazy. I had noticed this yesterday but I had some time to deal with it this morning. I have seen haziness before over the years and it was generally some sort of calcium carbonate crust and I would just stir up the surface and it would dissipate.
Not this time, It was a viscous gelatinous film about 1 MM thick. So viscus that I could pick it out with my fingers. I’ll get a better photo later but yea, it looks exactly like what you think it looks like but it’s a lot thicker
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11/22/2018, 09:03 AM | #2 |
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Bacteria
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11/22/2018, 09:12 AM | #3 |
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Anything more than just bacteria? Where did it come from? What causes it to clump up like that? What does it mean? Is it bad?
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11/22/2018, 09:20 AM | #4 |
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I was prety sure it was bacteria. The reason it grew there is that is the only place in the system where the water is almost stagnant. I kept a sample and I’ll bring it to Steve Garrett and get some photos from him under his microscope.
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11/22/2018, 10:08 AM | #5 |
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Yep..stagnant areas like what can form in a suml will absolutely allow bacterial "snot" areas to form..
Bacteria is rarely bad in life...in our tanks it does a ton of beneficial work.
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11/22/2018, 10:44 AM | #6 |
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It’s bad when it makes a fish’s eyes pop out if it’s head but other than that it’s is kinda nessisary for not all the animals to be dead.
The odd thing is that about a week ago, I had gotten my nutreant under controll and cut my nopox dosing in half which is counterintuitive to what appears to be a bacteria bloom.
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I agree that it's like a bacterial bloom. If the tank is getting carbon dosing, backing off might help.
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Actually what you are observing could be a very common response of several dozen different genera and species to (relative to each individual organism) their response to either low nutrients or a reduction of nutrients. Each organism or a consortium produces a polysaccharide(s) that form a thick mucous like material that helps them keep nutrients and extracelular enzymes from escaping. These are very common in the deep sea and are often bioluminescent. I suspect that the rapid reduction of vinegar and ethanol (nopox) caused this response in your system. There are a zillion other possibilities, but this would be my SWAG. Ron
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